Phespirit goes to Turkey
tour     April/May 2002

THE LANDSCAPE OF GALLIPOLI " ..... exactly in the middle of the semicircle of cliffs, there had once been a third spur, but the weather had eaten it away. Its bare gravel face stood out, for all the world like that of a Sphinx, sheer above the middle of the valley ..... " C E W Bean, The Story of Anzac, Vol 1, 1921 Observe the Sphinx above the North Beach of Anzac Bay - eighty-seven years and four days on from the first Great War landings.
THE LANDSCAPE OF PAMUKKALE According to local postcards, this view can only be enhanced by the addition of lissom swimsuited women stretched out in crystal calcite pools of watery light ..... ..... as if all this beauty is not enough.
THE LANDSCAPE OF CAPPADOCIA This is the 'Valley of the Birds' - so named because several of the rock formations are said to resemble birds. The keen-eyed visitor may also conjure up a shark, a camel and the ubiquitous Virgin Mary standing in silent prayer.